ARTIST UNKNOWN, Madonnna photograh, 1990s
The Legendary auction on Paddle 8 has a lot of lots of legends memorabilia. This used to be Julien’s Auction‘s territory but Paddle 8 is now getting in on the act. I was surprised to see the (very famous) photograph of Madonna above listed online as “Artist Unknown.” Hello!? That’s by Herb Ritts – for SURE. If you can Google, you’ll find this out in less than one second. These sorts of obvious mistakes always make me a little skeptical that, A. auctions sell things they aren’t sure of ALL THE TIME, B. people buy things that are falsely attributed or not authentic ALL THE TIME. Having said that, everything else in this online auction is such fun to look at. I love pop star ephemera, it’s really just the junk of everyday life but with scribbling of a famous person’s pen or it came out of their junk drawer. These things, to me, are the real artifacts of popular culture. I have several such things in my “display case of life” like a bounced check from Courtney Love and the pajamas of Ray Bolger, the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. But right now, the credit card of Kurt Cobain is up to $22,600 so I’m staring to think …. hmmm. Maybe I’ll make a copy of that check and sell the original. I know, she was married to him, but Courtney ISN’T Kurt. I guess I’ll hang onto it for a while longer…
JESSE FROHMAN, Kurt Cobain, Brushing Teeth, 1993
KURT COBAIN, Credit Card
JOEL BRODSKY, 1967
JIM MORRISON, signed Check, 1968
ARTIST UNKNOWN, The Beatles Photograph, 1967
THE BEATLES, cut Signatures, 1963
ARTIST UNKNOWN, John Lennon and Yoko Ono at Bed-In, 1969
ARTIST UNKNOWN, Frank Sinatra Photograph, 1970s
KEN REGAN, Rolling Stones Photograph, 1969
ROLLING STONES
Poster, 1969
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, Blondie Photograph, 1978
BLONDIE, “New York Rock” Poster, 1976
(via Paddle 8)
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